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minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-28 months agoIf you have the power to unilaterally hinder a genocide and instead you use that power to enable it, you are culpable.
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·8 months agoHe’s definitely culpable, but he’s far from the only one.
minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-28 months agoSure, just the one with the most ability to act on his own. His culpability is proportional to that. He’s used that ability previously to aid Israel, he could use that same power to hinder them, but chooses not to.
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months ago the one with the most ability to act on his own Maybe 3 years ago he would’ve been, but right now, with an election coming up against Trump and his Maggats, he’s in a very precarious position.
If you have the power to unilaterally hinder a genocide and instead you use that power to enable it, you are culpable.
He’s definitely culpable, but he’s far from the only one.
Sure, just the one with the most ability to act on his own. His culpability is proportional to that. He’s used that ability previously to aid Israel, he could use that same power to hinder them, but chooses not to.
Maybe 3 years ago he would’ve been, but right now, with an election coming up against Trump and his Maggats, he’s in a very precarious position.